A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

Florida just saw the most snow on record, with a preliminary 8.8 inches observed in Milton, which is north of Pensacola.

The snow storm could hit over a dozen states through Wednesday, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

A "rare" winter storm, named Winter Storm Enzo, is set to bring snow, ice and subfreezing temperatures to the Gulf Coast states early this week, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy. From Texas through the Deep South,

President Donald Trump's recent executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America has thus far elicited a lot of snickering and not much else.

Forecasters said it was too early to tell whether the ice and snow would approach or beat Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches set in 1958.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.

The snow storm could hit over a dozen states through Wednesday, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the first official to use President's Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico in an official capacity.